Parable of Broken Systems, Broken Minds






ParableofBroken Systems, Broken Minds




The oilcontaminating theGulf is but the most recent example of man's mind failing him as aresult of greed. Anyone who believes the white man knows what he isdoing in the world is a triple damn fool. This man is a danger tohimself and others. He should be confined to an institution for longterm recovery from the addiction to white supremacy.


Whatwe perceive as reality is most often a reflection of imagination, ofmythology and ritual, or simply the mind of man is the macrocosm,reality the microcosm. Systems thus reflect the mind of man--did notsomeone say creations only reflect the mind of the creator. Brokensystems, therefore, originate in broken minds. Yet we wonder whysystems are broken, e.g., school system, political system, economicsystem, religious and moral systems.

But systems are not theproblem, rather it is the minds of men that are broken irreparably,suffering a mental atrophy, an anorexia, a paralysis of imagination.The causation is simple greed, selfishness and lust for power. It isaugmented by the quest for the acquisition of things, the wantonaddiction to materialism or the world of make believe, the illusionthat the microcosm can satisfy the macrocosm, when the real deal holyfield isthe inner rather than the outer. Yet men fear to go there, deep downinto the metaphysical realm where the darkest mysteries lie seekingedification and recognition. Thus, we find ourselves at the precipice,about to be consumed by the wonder of life.

Elijah told us, "Thewisdom of this world is exhausted." And so it is--spent, obsolete,retarded, and yet we wonder why we are immobile, transfixed--stuck onstupid! Why no systems work.
How is it possible for the great Toyotato need recalling, a consummate machine suddenly dysfunctional. Whatcaused this sudden breakdown-- some internal defect in the machine orin the mind of man?

Look at the educational system, confoundedby the ideological foundation of white supremacy capitalism thatcontinues to prepare students for a world of work when there is none,especially with living wages in an economic system that demands cheaplabor and resources, a socalled free market system that willtranscend the national needs for the wants and desires of globalfinance gangs, connected with, supported and defended by the military,i.e., the Christian Crusaders, soon to be supplanted by Communists fromChina, India and Russia.

The teachers were long ago taught toteach a new way--back in Egypt they weretold to teach with compassionand love. Yet what we see today is the pedagogy of hate. It is a systemthat rewards ignorance and punishes wisdom and creativity, especiallyof the thinking variety. Any original thought is suppressed or deemedantisocial thought and behavior, often resulting in the studentdiagnosed to require psycho drugs that turn him into the zombie requiredby the society of the walking dead.

The religious system is thesame. It is in full blown denial about the meaning of the cross andthe lynching tree, about the mission of the prince of peace. For themost part, the religious community is Silent Night about the trilliondollar military budget that allows mass murder to take place across theplanet. Along with Silent Night, it sings Onward Christian Soldiers asits sons and daughters crisscross the planet to secure labor andnatural resources for the pleasure of the walking dead, and mostespecially the miserable few who enjoy the high life.

It is allabout the glorification of Pharaoh and his magicians. God, in the mindsof men, is a business, big business. There is no desire forspirituality, only prosperity, minus compassion for the poor, homeless,jobless and broken hearted, crushed to earth like the pot inthe handsof Jeremiah at the gates of his city.

In the minds ofpoliticians, there is no compromise, only preparation for the nextelection, or the assumption or resumption of power at any and allcosts, no lie is exempt, "Vote for me, I'll set you free!" All bribesare acceptable--politicians are thus loyal to lobbyists, not the peoplewho are expendable.

The lips of politicians do not say let usreason together for the sake of the people, for the love of the people,for the consent of the governed. These men and women of the politicalrealm only know the language of no, no, no. As the people starve,become homeless, jobless, we yet hear the mantra of no, no, no, lateinto the night. No compromise, no reconciliation, only recalcitranceand niggardliness. They are fast to reward the robber barons, the bloodsuckers of the poor. Eventually, a few crumbs, kibble and bits reachthe poor, if ever, unless there is revolt. And then Pharaoh sees thelight, suddenly, but he will send his magicians to placate the poorwith more crumbs, kibbles and bits.

Between good and evil, evilis the choice, with greed the foundation stone in the minds of men.Amazingly, the people see clearly. They feel change in the wind, notthe change in the educational system or the political or religious, butin the wind. They smell the rotten hearts of men who lead intonothingness and dread, with their pitiful strut of the peacock, the onelegged dance of the flamingo.

Pharaoh magicians gather in densof iniquity to share blood money. Teachers, preachers, politicians, allthere to party on the backs of the poor. The military stand post atthe door of the den, ready to club the wretched into submission, evendeath, if they dare enter the den of thieves, robbers, murderers, andthose who perpetuate the world of make believe.

Inside the denwe hear a symphony of sick sounds, giggles, wails, grunts emanatingfrom putrid minds exhausted from wickedness. The result is systematicgridlock--it is 5pm and the freeway is jammed with drivers full of roadrage, ready to kill in an instant. It is thus a destruction of self byself, internal combustion.

Unlike the car, there is no forwardmotion or backward, or perhaps it goes both ways simultaneously, ifsuch is possible in the world of physics, but after all, the minds ofmen defy all laws, except the law of the jungle and the devil.

Butthere shall be no forward motion with the present mind-set. Jack mustjump out the box of his own making. He must take wings and fly awayinto a world beyond his imagination.
This is the only way out themorass of his mind. All the technology is to no avail, for he talks,but more often says nothing, he listens but hears nothing, deaf, dumband blind.
--Marvin X
2/17/10

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